Biography
Prior to winning awards for portraying the hard-drinking and womanizing investigator, Coltrane staked his claim in outlandish and irreverent comedies like "Nuns on the Run" (1990) and "The Pope Must Die" (1991), both of which featured slapstick physical comedy atop subtle digs at the Catholic Church. He was equally adept in dramatic turns, ably playing Russian gangsters in two James Bond installments, "Goldeneye" (1995) and "The World Is Not …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Voiced Lord Dingwall in Disney Pixar animated feature "Brave" | |
2010 | Made final appearances as Hagrid in the seventh feature installment of the Harry Potter franchise, released in two parts "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" | |
2009 | Reprised role of Hagrid for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," the sixth book in the fantasy series directed by David Yates | |
2007 | Reprised the role of Hagrid in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," adapted from the fifth book in the fantasy series | |
2007 | Cast opposite Miranda Richardson and Aishwarya Rai in "Provoked" | |
2006 | Cast in the feature adaptation of "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker," the first novel in the Alex Rider series | |
2005 | Reprised the role of Hagrid in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," the fourth book in the fantasy series directed by Mike Newell | |
2012 | Joined all-star ensemble in "Ocean's Twelve" | |
2004 | Reprised the role of Hagrid in the third installment of the Harry Potter series "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" | |
2002 | Reprised Hagrid in the sequel "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" | |
2001 | Played the giant groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"; adapted from the first novel of the best-selling fantasy series by J.K. Rowling | |
2001 | Appeared as a Scottish detective tracking Jack the Ripper in "From Hell" | |
1999 | Cast as Tweedledum to George Wendt's Tweedledee in the NBC TV-movie "Alice in Wonderland" | |
1999 | Reprised role as Russian gangster for his second Bond film "The World Is Not Enough" | |
1998 | Featured as Barbara Hershey's ex-husband in the quirky "Frogs for Snakes"; re-teamed with Amos Poe | |
1998 | Starred as the ship's captain in "The Ebb-Tide" (A&E) | |
1997 | Portrayed the husband of an eccentric woman who raises a gorilla in "Buddy" | |
1997 | Headlined the British TV special "Coltrane's Planes and Automobiles" | |
1995 | Featured as a Russian gangster in the James Bond film "GoldenEye" | |
1993 | Starred in British crime series "Cracker" (shown in the US on A&E) | |
1993 | Starred in the British TV special "Coltrane in a Cadillac" | |
1993 | Teamed with Jason Robards (as the Duke and the King) in a remake of "The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn" | |
1991 | Portrayed an unlikely pontiff in the screen comedy "The Pope Must Die/The Pope Must Diet" | |
1990 | Co-starred with Eric Idle in "Nuns on the Run" | |
1989 | Co-wrote a sketch and made guest appearances on Emma Thompson's BBC variety series "Thompson" (aired in the U.S. on PBS) | |
1989 | Played Sir John Falstaff in Kenneth Branagh's "Hervy V" | |
1989 | Headlined the London Weekend Television program "The Robbie Coltrane Special" | |
1987 | Starred opposite Emma Thompson on the BBC series "Tutti Frutti"; an edited version was released theatrically | |
1987 | Had stage triumph in "Yr. Obedient Servant," a one-man show about Dr. Samuel Johnson | |
1986 | Portrayed Bob Hoskins' mechanic friend Thomas in "Mona Lisa" | |
1986 | Cast as a cardinal in Derek Jarman's "Caravaggio" | |
1985 | Co-starred in "The Supergrass," a crime comedy drawn from characters from "The Comic Strip Presents" | |
1983 | Landed featured role in the sci-fi film "Krull" | |
1983 | Appeared with Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie. and Stephen Fry on the comedy sketch show "Alfresco" (ITV) | |
1982 | Gained notice for appearing on the British show "The Comic Strip Presents"; also wrote and directed sketches | |
1981 | Featured in Amos Poe's "Subway Riders" as Detective Fritz Langley | |
1980 | Appeared as a gay hairdresser on the British series "Metal Mickey" (ITV) | |
1979 | Made screen acting debut in Bernard Tavernier's "La Mort en Direct/Deathwatch" | |
| Began appearing in nightclubs as a stand-up comic | ||
| While appearing at Traverse Theatre, was befriended by playwright John Byrne; acted in Byrne's "The Slab Boys" and "Cuttin' the Rug" | ||
| Worked with various theater companies such as San Quentin Theatre Group, The Bush Theatre and Traverse Theatre | ||
1973 | Produced and directed the 50-minute documentary "Young Mental Health" | |
1973 | Adopted stage surname of "Coltrane" after the jazz musician John Coltrane | |
| Decided to attend art school after visiting his older sister and getting on with her friends | ||
1962 | Made stage debut in a school production of Shakespeare's "Henry V" | |
| Raised in the Glasgow, Scotland area | ||